Good find, I second that. I think that is MSN IM would let the accounts expire just like that, it would be disturbing. I mean imagine all the impersonations, frauds, and privacy violations that...

I actually ran HJT before posting, and did not find anything suspicious. I know the spam was done by real people, because when I was talking to them they carried on a conversation. There is no way...

Hi everybody.

I have recently been hit by some MSN messenger spammers. Here is what happens. On my buddy list I have some buddies who havent signed on for a long time. For example, my dad is...

Whenever you get a wierd email, before going crazy check this out:

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

This website keeps an updated list of all hoaxes. This is another way to stay away from the...

Try this, maybe your file extension for jpg is set incorrectly.

In windows explorer goto tools->folder options.

click on the filetype tab. Scroll and find JPE. Select it by clicking on it. ...

Hey,

Sorry for not getting back to you for a long time. I went on vacation for a week after the last post. I did not know that you were runing win98, and assumed some things...sorry.

The...

I forgot one thing.

Could you also post the contents of your hosts file located in

c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

thanks.

I suggest that you clean out your prefetch.

Also search for the file called abcxyz.exe and delete if you find it (although it is supposed to be gone already).

Search for files and registry...

WareOut.exe is a worm. IT IS NOT A SPYWARE REMOVER!

Kill the process called WareOut.exe

Delete folder:

c:\Program Files\WareOut

also delete these files in windows directory:

Xoftspy was one of the better ones that I used. I usually remove my spyware/trojans manually.

NoAdware Seems to to find lots of stuff, but I found that it was a total scam. It finds programs...